Climate change makes for an uncertain future for people in the hunting, fishing, rafting, skiiing, and birdwatching business, according to multiple speakers at a forum in Glenwood Springs on Thursday, January 21. Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups, the forum posed questions and challenges. Ken Murphy of Rock Gardens Rafting says [...]
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The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks has spent two years working on a management plan for the Blackfoot River near Missoula. The public has until December 16 to submit comments and feedback. The plan creates eight separate “reaches” on the river, with different management goals for each reach, ranging from easy access and heavy [...] An unnamed timber group will be auctioning 7,000 acres of land on November 16. This includes several tracts in Fayette County near the New River National River park. These lots have drawn the attention of rafting outfitters, as the New River is a premier whitewater rafting destination. The auction also includes land in Clay, Greenbrier, Monroe, [...] Snowmobile numbers allowed in Yellowstone National Park will be reduced by more than half during the next two winters. The 2009-10 and 2010-11 snowmobile season will see limits of 78 commercial snowcoaches and 318 commercially-guided, Best Available Technology snowmobiles. The East Entrance will have a shorter season. Gary Fales is the only approved snowmobile operator [...] Outside Magazine has an article called The Best iPhone Apps for Adventure. The article suggests that image recognition will allow the iPhone (and presumably other handhelds) to know exactly what the camera is looking at, and overlay information—street names, historical info, etc. Outside suggests you may one day be able to “to point your phone [...] Nalcor suggests routing powerlines through the Long Range Mountains, and outfitters object because it will be bad for woodland caribou and business. CBC News. Want to take a hike in the wild without carrying a house on your back? Try something like hut-to-hut hiking.
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